Combination-tool.



No. 643,062. Patented Feb. 6, I900.-

H. B. HUSTUN &. O. J. MOOERS.

COMBINATION TOOL.

(Application filed May 4, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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Nrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY B. l-IUSTON, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA, AND OTIS J. MOOERS, OF OENTERVILLE, IOWA.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,062, dated February 6, 1900.

Application filed May 4,1899. Serial No. 715,601. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY B. HUSTON, residing at Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska, and Orrs J. MOOERS, residing at Oenterville, in the county of Appanoose and State of Iowa, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oombination-Tools 5 and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to tools of the variety combining in a single organized structure means for the performance of different kinds of work generally requiring a number of separate tools. The invention is particularly designed to provide a tool to meet the requirements of wire-fence construction, as it combines a hammer, a wire cutter, pincers, a wrench, staple-puller, and claw.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and the drawings hereto attached. v

The tool may be of any size and heft, cast or forged, and constructed of iron or steel or a combination of the two, the wearing parts being hardened. Hence it is to be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the reverse side, the jaws being partly separated and the handlebars broken away. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the fixed head portion. Fig. 4 is a similar View of the movable head portion.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The handle-bars 1 and 2 may be of any length and form of construction and are pivotally connected at their forward ends by the bolt or pin 3 and are disposed so as to lie side by side when the jaws are closed, thereby reand despatch.

sulting in the provision of a tool convenient of operation and easily and conveniently grasped when used as a hammer, claw, and staple-puller.

The fixed handle-bar l extends forwardly of the pivot-fastening 3 and is provided with a hammer-head comprising a pole 4 and a claw 5, extending from opposite sides of the bar in transverse alinement. This hammerhead is set to one side of the bar, as such arrangement has been found to give the best results, particularly in connection with the wire-cutter and pincers. Themember of the claw in the plane of the handle-bar 1 is formed upon its inner or concave side with an extension 6, which projects laterally from the claw, as shown at 7, the forward side of the lateral projection 7 being beveled. The rear face of the extension 6 is fiat and roughened and constitutes a stop and a jaw S. A half-round notch 9 is formed at the outer end of the extension 6, exposing the terminal of the claw member, from which the part 6 springs, and which terminal constitutes a member of the staple-puller. A rear projection 10 is formed at the inner end of the extension 6 and provides a fixed ledger-plate of the wire-cutter.

The movable handle-bar 2 is formed with an oifstanding arm 11 to cooperate with the subjacent member of the claw. The outer portion of the arm 11 is offset to bring it in the plane of the proximal member of the claw and is formed with a half-round notch 12 at its outer end to provide the other memberof the staple-puller. The intermediate portion of the arm 11 is fiat and straight and is roughened and cooperates with the jaw 8 and itself forms a jaw 13 to act jointly with the jaw 8, whereby the pincers or pliers are provided. The inner end of the arm 11 is straight and obliquely disposed, as shown at 14, and its inner forward corner constitutes a cutting edge to act in opposition to the cutting edge provided at the outer rear corner of the part 10. The cutterslO and 14, being disposed in proximal relation to the pivot-fastening 3, receive the maximum force when required for cutting stout wire, thereby enabling the op- I eration to be performed with comparative ease The handle-bars lie side by ICC , puller or between the jaws 8 and 13.

side and can be conveniently grasped when it is required to use the tool in the capacity of a hammer or for extracting nails and the like. When used as a staple-puller, the handle-bar 2 is manipulated so as to grip the end of the staple between the claws formed by the half-round notches 9 and 12, and after a firm grip has been obtained upon the staple the latter is extracted by rocking the puller upon the convex side of the claw in the usual manner. When used as a wrench, the corners of the nut or bur to be turned are grasped between the members or claws of the staple- The wire to be bent or the article to be gripped is received between the jaws 8 and 13 when the tool is used as a pair of pincers. The shoul der formed at the outer end of the rear ex tension 10 constitutes a stop and prevents the article entering between the cutters 10 and 14- to the injury of the latter and the possible detriment to the article itself.

The movable handle-bar 2 is pivotally connected with the fixed handle-bar at the point of fiection formed by bending the arm 11 and is limited in its movement in one direction by the engaging face 13 of the arm 11 coming in contact with the lateral extension 7. The

parts 1 and 2 when brought into transverse alinement throughout their length, as shown in Fig. 1, serve as a single operating-handle for the hammer and claw, and the parts 7 and 13 coming together brace said parts 1 and 2 and prevent their moving past each other when gripped in the hand.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In a combination-tool, a fixed handle-bar provided at one end with a hammer-head having one side in the plane of the corresponding side of the l1andle-bar and comprising a pole and a nail-extracting claw, a rear extension at the inner side of the claw member in the plane of the handle-bar having a lateral 'projection,said rear extension being cut away at its outer end to expose the terminal of the claw member which constitutes a staple-puller claw, a second handle-bar located at one side of the fixed handle-bar and pivoted thereto in the rear of the hammer-head and having an offstanding arm whose terminal is curved to form a staple-puller member and deflected to bring the staple-puller members in the same plane, said arm having a fiat portion to come in contact with the lateral projection of the hammer-head and limit the relative movement of the handle-bars when in transverse alinement, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

HARRY B. HUSTON. [n s] OTIS J. MOOERS. [14. J

YVitnesses asto signature of Harry ll. Iluston:

MYER EDELMAN, O..H. MENCK. Witnesses as to signature of Otis J. Mooers:

J. H. UDELL, II. E. REISTER. 

